2)     Work


Employment

Aug. 1992 ->     Particle Physics Department of the Jozef Stefan Institute
Oct. 2003 ->     Slovenian Radiation Protection Administration, Ministry of Health

CV
12.2.1968  Born in Ljubljana.
1992-1995 Graduate studies in Physics at the University of Ljubljana.
1992-1995 Postgraduate studies of Nuclear and Particle Physics at the University of Ljubljana.
1992-1995 Member of the DELPHI collaborations at CERN.
        2) Design and construction of the Very Forward Tracker at the Delphi detector.
1995          Master degree in Nuclear and particle physics at the University of Ljubljana.
1995-1998 Doctoral student in particle physics at University of Ljubljana.
1995-1998 Member of the ATLAS and ROSE collaborations at CERN.
        2) Study of radiation damage in silicon detectors for the new LHC experiments.
1998          Defended doctoral thesis "Study of radiation damage in silicon detectors for high luminosity experiments at LHC".
1999-2002 Post-doctoral position at the University of Tsukuba, Japan.
1999-2003 Member of the Belle collaboration. at KEK.
        2) Radiation monitoring for the silicon vertex detector in Belle.
2002->       Member of the CIMA collaboration.
        2) Development of Compton camera for medical imaging.
2002->       Inspector-councillor at the Slovenian Radiation Protection Administration.
        2) Surveilance and optimisation of medical practices involving radiation.
2007- 2020 Member of the Steering Group of the European ALARA Network.
2008-2011       Member of the FP7 MADEIRA collaboration .
        2) Development of high-resolution probe for positron emission tomography (PET).
2008-2009 Member of the Administrative Board of the Institute of public health Murska Sobota.
2009->       Docent of Physics at the University of Ljubljana. Lecturing at a masters programme for radiographers at the Faculty for Health Studies.
2010           Course director of the "Regional Training Course on Radiation Protection in Hybrid Imaging (PET/CT, SPECT/CT)" organised by the IAEA in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2010           External expert on medical applications of ionizing radiation at the Advanced Workshop "School for Drafting Regulations on Radiation Safety" organised by the IAEA in Vienna, Austria.
2010 ->       Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of "Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection".
2015           Course director of the "Regional Training Course on Radiation Protection for Vascular Surgeons" organised by the IAEA in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2016           Workshop director of two workshops on "Improvement of QA/QC procedures for medical devices with ionizing radiation" organised in scope of an EC project EuropeAid/136376/DH/SER/Multi/2 in Skopje, FYR Macedonia and Podgorica, Montenegro.
2016           Course director of the "Regional Training Course on Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) In Diagnostic Radiology in a Digital Era" organised by the IAEA in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2019->       Member of the Working Group on Medical Applications of the HERCA network.

Main projects
2001-2004 Principal researcher of the ARRS research project "Compton Camera with Position Sensitive Silicon Detectors".
2004-2007 Principal researcher of the ARRS research project "Semiconductor detectors for medical and high radiation fields applications".
2005-2006 National coordinator of the IAEA regional project RER-9-080 TSA3 "Regional project on radiological protection of patients and protection in medical exposure".
2007-2010 Principal researcher of the ARRS research project "Development of high-resolution PET probe".
2007-2011 Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-9-093 "Strengthening Radiological Protection of Patients and Medical Exposure Control".
2011           National coordinator of the evaluation of the population exposure due to medical procedures as part of the Dose Datamed project.
2014-2015 Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-6-028 "Establishing Quality Assurance/Quality Control in X Ray of Patients and Medical Exposure Control".
2014-2015 Lead Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-9-132 "Strengthening Member State Technical Capabilities in Medical Radiation Protection".
2015-2018 Key expert on medical application of ionizing radiation in the EC project EuropeAid/136376/DH/SER/Multi/2.
2016-2017 Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-6-032 "Strengthening Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Diagnostic X rays".
2016-2017 Lead Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-9-135 "Strengthening Radiation Protection of Patients and Medical Exposure Control".
2018-2021 Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-6-038 "Applying Best Practices for Quality and Safety in Diagnostic Radiology".
2018-2021 Project Counterpart of the IAEA regional project RER-9-147 "Enhancing Member States' Capabilities for Ensuring Radiation Protection of Individuals Undergoing Medical Exposure".